unpalatable
adjective
un·pal·at·able
ˌən-ˈpa-lə-tə-bəl 
1
: not palatable : distasteful
unpalatable wines
2
: unpleasant, disagreeable
raising income tax rates is politically unpalatable—
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pasta and honey is an unpalatable combination
hesitated before sharing some of the more unpalatable details of his captivity
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The Senate bill’s lack of that sheltering language as well as the prospect of oversight by the Treasury Department may make this version of federal vouchers unpalatable for voucher fans.
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
At the end of the last season, after getting the New York elite to bend the knee and support her preferred opera company, Bertha set her sights on fixing up her daughter with an unpalatable British duke for the sake of his title.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 June 2025
These salts can leak out with the collected water, making for an unpalatable drink.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 June 2025
This is in line with Putin’s call for the talks to pick up where the meeting in 2022 stopped – an option that would be unpalatable to the Ukrainians since the demands Russia was making back then would amount to a capitulation by Kyiv.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
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Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
At the end of the last season, after getting the New York elite to bend the knee and support her preferred opera company, Bertha set her sights on fixing up her daughter with an unpalatable British duke for the sake of his title.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 June 2025
These salts can leak out with the collected water, making for an unpalatable drink.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 June 2025
This is in line with Putin’s call for the talks to pick up where the meeting in 2022 stopped – an option that would be unpalatable to the Ukrainians since the demands Russia was making back then would amount to a capitulation by Kyiv.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for unpalatable
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“Unpalatable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpalatable. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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